Septic Tank
An underground storage tank for wastes from homes not connected to a sewer line. Waste goes directly from the home to the tank. (See septic system.)
Source: Terms of the Environment ...
Septic tank
container that receives untreated sewage, holds back floating scum and retains and digests heavy solids but allows clarified liquor to proceed forward for further treatment or discharge ...
Septic tank: Tank used to hold domestic wastes when a sewer line is not available to carry them to a treatment plant; part of a rural on-site sewage treatment system.
Septic Tank: An tank (usually kept underground) that is used to hold domestic wastes when a sewer line is not available to carry them to a treatment plant.
septic tank An underground storage tank providing some primary treatment for wastes from homes not connected to a collection system sewer line. Waste goes directly from the home to the tank (on-site system).
Septic Tank: sewage disposal tank in which a continuous flow of waste material is decomposed by anaerobic (in the absence of oxygen) bacteria.
septic tank
underground receptacle for wastewater from a home. The bacteria in the sewage decopose the organic wastes, and the sludge settles to the bottom of the tank. The effluent flows out of the tank into the ground through drains.
Septic tank
An underground tank to collect wastes from homes that are not connected to a municipal sewer system. Waste goes from the home to the tank and is decomposed by bacteria.
pumping from a septic tank.
septic (SEP-tick). A condition produced by bacteria when all
oxygen supplies are depleted. If severe, bottom deposits and ...
Septage: Residue remaining in a septic tank after the treatment process.
Inorganic form of nitrogen. An important plant nutrient and type of inorganic fertilizer (most highly oxidized phase in the nitrogen cycle). In water, the major sources of nitrates are septic tanks, feed lots and fertilizers.
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Ground-Water Discharge: Ground water entering near coastal waters which has been contaminated by landfill leachate, deep well injection of hazardous wastes, septic tanks, etc.
septage. The liquid and semisolid contents removed by pumping from a septic tank.
Groundwater entering near coastal waters which has been contaminated by landfill leachate, deep well injection of hazardous wastes, septic tanks, etc.
Groundwater Flow ...
septic tank An enclosure that stores and processes wastes where no sewer system exists. Bacteria decompose the organic matter into sludge, which is pumped off periodically.
 See also: Waste, Water, Treatment, Discharge, Pollutant
  
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